Bottle-opening device.



J. CHANI.

- BOTTLE OPENING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAJ 15, 1913.

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' JOHN CHANI, or carver DOVER, o-Hro.

' BOTTLE-OPENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914;.

Application filed May 15 1913. Serial No. 767,930.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN CHANI, a subject ofthe King of Hungary, residing at Canal Dover, in the county ofTuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain .new and usefulImprovements in Bottle- Openingr Devices, of which the following is aspeci cation, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a bottle opening device, and the primaryobject of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive devicethat can be easily placed in engagement with a bottle or otherreceptacle for quickly. removing a cork, caper other closure.

A' further object of this invention is to provide a strong and durablebottle opening device embodying fulcrumed levers, one

of which serves as a puller and the other is provided with a cork screw-whereby a.

cork can be removed "from the neck of a bottle. 7

With theaboveand other objects in View the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed. a a

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure l is a sideelevation-of the device partly broken away and partly in section, andFig. 2 is a plan of the same.

A device in accordance with this invention comprises 'a' bar -1 havingone end thereof providedw-itha yoke 2 adapted to embrace a bottle neck3.- The opposite end of the baris provided with adepending "prong iadapted to engage in a bottle cap 5.

The bar 1, adjacent to the ends thereof,

V is provided with detachable uprights 6, and

Copies this patent may be obtained for pivotally connected to the upperends of said uprights are fulcrumed levers 7 and S. The levers 7 and 8are connected by coiled springs 9 to the uprights 6 and said springshold the levers 7 and 8 normally in a horizontal plane or normally inparallelism with the bar 1.

The outer end of the lever 7 is provided with a rotatable corkscrew 10whereby a cork 11 can be removed from the bottle neck 3, The outer endof the lever 8 is bent downwardly and provided with a hook, the outerend of said lever constituting a. puller, 12'for engaging under the cap5 and tilting said cap relatively to the bottle, whereby the cap can beeasily removed.

Either one of the levers 7 or 8 is operated at the inner end thereof andsaid operation can be easily'accomplished by gripping the bar .1 andpressing the inner end of one ofthe-levers toward said bar.

What I claim is A. bottle opening device comprising a bar formed at oneend with a depending prong adapted for engagement with the bottle cap,an upright detachably mounted on said bar, a lever pivotally mounted onsaidv upright, the outer end of said leverfb eing -formed with adownwardly extending portion having a hook formed on the end thereof andadapted for engagement under the edge of a bottle cap, and a spring connected to the said upright for holdingsaid.

lever normally parallel to saidbar. In testimony whereof I afiix my,signature in the presence of two witnesses.

V JOHN onANr.

Witnesses PAL LEHOCKJ, GzrNKoozKr ONDRIR.

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